This year, as you upload Christmas photos to your Facebook/Tumblr/Flickr, send cheery well-wishes to friends over Twitter, listen to your favorite Christmas tunes on Spotify and Youtube, please take a moment to remember the ever-growing threat that will annihilate every last one of these services (and many more).

The “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) CAN and therefore WILL destroy the Internet if we don’t speak up about it. This legislation is actively being reviewed RIGHT NOW in Congress, and at this pace it will very likely become a reality as soon as they are back in session from winter recess.

Finally, this is a selfish plea… I’m a creative. Most of my friends are creatives. Artists. Musicians. Filmmakers. Game Developers. Writers. Web Developers. Bloggers. This bill would effectively be career suicide for all of us and the numerous industries we represent. The thought of its potential economic repercussions evokes a visceral shudder from all of us.